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193. Chris Edwards on Educational Reform and Thought Experiments

The Michael Shermer Show

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I've Done It, but Not by Traditional Models

In his new book i've given up on the idea of any kind of comprehensive school reform model. The only real factor that mattered for improving student achievement at school was equality of the classroom teacher, he says. A mit is developing this open educational model with the coled mok, massive open online courses. And so you could develop those connection with a mastery learning model and insure that students get a really good education across school districts.

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